# Latex Formatting

> Handle LaTeX formatting, templates, and styling for academic papers. Set up conference templates (ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, AAAI, ACL), fix formatting issues, manage packages, and ensure venue-specific compliance. Use when the user needs to set up a paper template, fix LaTeX formatting, or prepare for submission.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-aravindan20-claude-research-paper-os-latex-formatting`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [ARAVINDAN20](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/aravindan20)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [ARAVINDAN20](https://github.com/ARAVINDAN20)
- **Source:** https://github.com/ARAVINDAN20/Claude-Research-Paper-OS/tree/main/.claude/skills/agent-research-skills/skills/latex-formatting

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-aravindan20-claude-research-paper-os-latex-formatting
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# LaTeX Formatting

Set up and manage LaTeX formatting for academic papers.

## Input

- `$0` — Action: `setup`, `fix`, `check`
- `$1` — Venue name (for `setup`) or `.tex` file path (for `fix`/`check`)

## Scripts

### Pre-submission format checker
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/scripts/latex_checker.py paper/main.tex --venue neurips --check-anon
```

Checks: word count, required sections, TODO markers, anonymization, mismatched environments, content stats.

### Validate citations and references
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py \
  --tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --check-figures
```

### Clean LaTeX text (fix special characters)
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/scripts/clean_latex.py \
  --input paper/main.tex --output paper/main_cleaned.tex
```

Replaces special/non-UTF8 characters with LaTeX equivalents, skips math environments.
Key flags: `--dry-run`, `--tables-only`

### Auto-fix after checking
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/scripts/latex_checker.py paper/main.tex --venue neurips --fix
```

Runs checks then applies clean_latex.py fixes, writing to `main_fixed.tex`.

## References

- Venue specs, project structure, packages, commands: `~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/references/venue-templates.md`

## Action: `setup`
Create the project directory structure and main.tex for the specified venue. Use the template from `references/venue-templates.md`.

## Action: `fix`
Fix common LaTeX issues: unescaped special chars, math mode errors, float placement, overfull/underfull boxes, cross-reference issues.

## Action: `check`
Run `latex_checker.py` for pre-submission validation. Check page count, anonymization, required sections, TODO markers.

## Related Skills
- Upstream: [paper-writing-section](../paper-writing-section/), [table-generation](../table-generation/)
- Downstream: [paper-compilation](../paper-compilation/)
- See also: [citation-management](../citation-management/)

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [ARAVINDAN20](https://github.com/ARAVINDAN20)
- **Source:** [ARAVINDAN20/Claude-Research-Paper-OS](https://github.com/ARAVINDAN20/Claude-Research-Paper-OS)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-aravindan20-claude-research-paper-os-latex-formatting
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/aravindan20
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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